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Publication R.I. Johnson (1980): summary

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Johnson, R.I. 1980. Zoogeography of North American Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) north of the maximum Pleistocene glaciation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 149(2): 77-189. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta bealii Singley, 1893 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 316.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 92.
(error for Anodonta bealei Lea, 1863)

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula quadrula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Carunculina glans moaesta R.I. Johnson, 1980 = Toxolasma lividum

R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 94.
(error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841)

Plethobasus pachosteus Morrison, 1969 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Morrison, 1969. AMU Annual Rept. (1969): 24.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
(misidentified reference to Obovaria pachostea Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio reevianus Conrad, 1853 = Lampsilis reeveiana

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 538.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 74.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 449.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 73.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 437.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 132.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 225.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 31.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 12.
Turgeon et al., 1998. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (26): 35.
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 305.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
Cummings & Graf, 2010. Ecol. Class. N. Amer. FW Inverts.: 376.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Lampsilis reeviana’].
(error for Unio reeveianus Lea, 1852)

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